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Slet is a project for people to exercise together outdoors at sites of modern architecture. Traditionally, a slet is a mass display of Czech Sokol exercises and also means ‘a flocking of birds.’ Felicity Croydon and Caroline Jupp have recreated Sokol routines for contemporary reuse and train groups of participants to perform synchronised exercises. The project explores the visual and social possiblities of outdoor exercise and is a continuation of Modernist ideals that link healthy living with the aesthetics of the built environment. Each Slet event is dedicated to an architect associated with a specific site. |
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Sokol: The Czechoslovak National
Gymnastic Organisation F. A. Toufar Allen & Unwin 1941 |
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Sokol exercises in Tábor 1903
© Marie Sechtlová More images of Sokol members, slets and festivals can be found on the Sechtl-Vosecek photographic archive. |
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Slet was originally commissioned by Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts for Norfolk residents and migrant workers in 2008. Slet for Foster was held outside Sir Norman Foster’s Sainsbury Centre building and Slet for Buckingham & Berry celebrated the architecture of a 1930s pavilion on Cromer beach. Further Slet events took place at iconic architectural sites in London 2009-2010: Slet for Lubetkin Finsbury Health Centre Slet for Le Corbusier Barbican Estate Slet for Marten Tooting Bec Lido Slet for Hepworth Walthamstow Town Hall Slet for Alton Roehampton Estate City Slet 01-04 Various locations, City of London To view images of past Slet events visit sletsite.blogspot.com Slet is currently resting until summer 2011. |
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